Submitted

Wed, Jul 20th 2016 02:10 pm

By Niagara University

The "Ultimate Author's Chair" is a
new family event that is being be held at Canalside this summer. And, thanks to
Niagara University's Family Literacy Center, select faculty, teachers,
librarians, pre-service teachers and local authors will be reading stories to
children there every Thursday morning through Aug. 25.

Each free event takes place from
11 a.m. to noon at the big, yellow Adirondack chair at Canalside in downtown
Buffalo.

Children will also have an
opportunity to choose a book to take home with them, along with souvenirs from
Niagara University. Following the read-aloud session, families are encouraged
to participate in a host of fun and engaging activities presented by Western
New York Family Magazine.

For additional information about
this event and/or to become a reader, contact Dr. Donna Kester Phillips at [email protected].

Housed within Niagara University's
College of Education, the Family Literacy Center is an on-campus educational
opportunity for graduate students to demonstrate teaching while enhancing the
literacy performance of at-risk readers and their families. The center's
programs focus on improving reading, writing and listening skills among
children while supporting the literacy and basic skills of the family itself.

The center is a valuable community
resource for diagnosing and remediating reading difficulties. Its programs,
which are staffed by NU graduate students, focus on improving reading, writing
and listening skills among children while supporting the literacy and basic
skills of the family itself.

In addition to the diagnostic and
remediation services, the Family Literacy Center also offers an enrichment book
club program.

For more information on the literacy
center and the programs available, contact Dr. Kathleen McGrath at 716-286-8309
or [email protected].